Really ??
And why should i trust you and what makes you so special in here from all the others...

You have been banned in the past for your behavior if i remember correct (not only against me but against others as well)
What makes you a good example ?

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Well the majority in this case includes Nvidia, since that is who I quoted. Which further renders your argument baseless and illogical.

Do i need to make it more clear to you.
I thought that you were smart enough to understand.

I do not care if the majority is Nvidia or ATI or Intel or AMD or from any other company.
If people act like "sheeps" does not mean that i must follow them
I read other opinions but that does not mean that i agree with all of them or trust them

It doesn't matter if it is a single "card" solution what is important is if it is a single "chip" solution. Having owned both 280 GTX SLi and 4870 Crossfire from this generation, I am still not very impressed with either multi-gpu solution. With the 4870x2 ATi still has not changed the way that multi-gpu solutions work. Until ATI or nVidia fundamentally change the way multi-gpu on a single card works, whether it is "single card" or not is just symantecs.

It doesn't matter if it is a single "card" solution what is important is if it is a single "chip" solution. Having owned both 280 GTX SLi and 4870 Crossfire from this generation, I am still not very impressed with either multi-gpu solution. With the 4870x2 ATi still has not changed the way that multi-gpu solutions work. Until ATI or nVidia fundamentally change the way multi-gpu on a single card works, whether it is "single card" or not is just symantecs.

Sure for many it does matter it's single card, which saves money on more expensive mobo and should be cheaper two produce than 2 cards.
I also believe the Hd 4870 x2 is technically more advanced than the SLI, Crossfire or the present NVIDIA GX2 solution.
With every new generation we will see even more advancements and developers support but whether some people like it or not I believe the multi chip solution is the future, at least at top performance cards.

In order for NVIdia to have the top performance card and be price competitive they also will have to go the multi chip way.

The GTX 280 chip is way to large therefore NVIDIA has very bad yields. The 55nm shrink is still going to be large so about the same problems. By the time NVIDIA will have 40nm shrink ATI will also have one.

Anyway the main point is that some people like to use this single chip argument mainly to downplay the ATI achievement.
Instead off appreciating that ATI is again very competitive which benefits everybody.

If the card was so bad as some NVIDIA fans like as to believe, NVIDIA would never had a need to slash the prices on 200 cards series so drastically or have a need to regain the performance leadership and that's ALL what this thread is about.

4870x2 is no more advanced than 4870 Crossfire or SLi. The much talked about crossfire sideport is disabled and even if it were enabled all it is, is an extra PCIe 2.0 Connection which wouldn't help anyways. If anything Crossfire is behind SLi because of fewer rendering modes thus even less compatibility than SLi.

I'm no fanboy, like I said I bought 4870s without hesitation. ATi offered better value initially, with their pricing, but IMO nVidia still has the better product.

And I use the single chip argument for both nVidia and ATi, fact is SLi and Crossfire still aren't where they need to be.

4870x2 is no more advanced than 4870 Crossfire or SLi. The much talked about crossfire sideport is disabled and even if it were enabled all it is, is an extra PCIe 2.0 Connection which wouldn't help anyways. If anything Crossfire is behind SLi because of fewer rendering modes thus even less compatibility than SLi.

I'm no fanboy, like I said I bought 4870s without hesitation. ATi offered better value initially, with their pricing, but IMO nVidia still has the better product.

Hm... So all these diagrams showing the 2x RV770 chips communicating directly are untrue...

4870x2 is no more advanced than 4870 Crossfire or SLi. The much talked about crossfire sideport is disabled and even if it were enabled all it is, is an extra PCIe 2.0 Connection which wouldn't help anyways. If anything Crossfire is behind SLi because of fewer rendering modes thus even less compatibility than SLi.

I'm no fanboy, like I said I bought 4870s without hesitation. ATi offered better value initially, with their pricing, but IMO nVidia still has the better product.

And I use the single chip argument for both nVidia and ATi, fact is SLi and Crossfire still aren't where they need to be.

I think both NVIDIA and ATI make great products and they're both so close now that it's impossible to tell who has the "better" product. That said, I'd be happy to use either ATI or NVIDIA, but I've just gotten used to NVIDIA over the years, so I tend to look at their stuff first.

4870x2 is no more advanced than 4870 Crossfire or SLi. The much talked about crossfire sideport is disabled and even if it were enabled all it is, is an extra PCIe 2.0 Connection which wouldn't help anyways. If anything Crossfire is behind SLi because of fewer rendering modes thus even less compatibility than SLi.

I'm no fanboy, like I said I bought 4870s without hesitation. ATi offered better value initially, with their pricing, but IMO nVidia still has the better product.

And I use the single chip argument for both nVidia and ATi, fact is SLi and Crossfire still aren't where they need to be.

Sure SLI is better and cheaper than HD 4870 x2. All reviews suggest that.
And you just choose to ignore this "NVIDIA says it will win back performance leadership this year" also you ignored the huge NVIDIA price reduction shortly after the 200 series introduction, which never happen before.
For example I paid for my 8800GTX card $540 when it was about 8 months on the market, now I can buy for just about the same money the HD 4870 x2 which is less than 2 weeks on the market.

I think both NVIDIA and ATI make great products and they're both so close now that it's impossible to tell who has the "better" product. That said, I'd be happy to use either ATI or NVIDIA, but I've just gotten used to NVIDIA over the years, so I tend to look at their stuff first.

I believe the same, but since I switch between NVIDIA & ATI all the time I never got used to any product, so I can switch in a minute just like that.

Now if looking to get the top performance single card and also save money (compared to 280 SLI), the HD 4870 x2 is the winner.